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[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

My Kieffer pear (which I got from walmart years ago) bears heavily 
every other year & luckily this is a heavy one.  They dont ripen on the 
tree here so I pick them during right after the first mild frost & put 
them in a brown bag.  Usually in 10 days or so they are ready to eat.  
Also my Kieffers produce a very thick bitter skin, so I tend to peel 
them in order to eat them.   mIEKAL


On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 11:02 AM, Lucky Pittman wrote:

> Keiffer pear has it's typical heavy crop - should have been thinned 
> heavily, as the myriad of fruits it's carrying this year probably 
> won't size well.